Native American Small Business Development Act
Latest action · Aug 1, 2002 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 545.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 25, 2002
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Requires the SBA to provide financial assistance to tribal governments, tribal colleges, Native Hawaiian organizations, and Alaska Native corporations to create Native American business centers. Requires: (1) each business center to conduct five-year projects for business education aid to such entities; (2) each assistance applicant to submit a five-year plan on proposed assistance and training activities; (3) each business center to annually provide the Administrator with an itemized cost breakdown of project expenses; (4) the Administrator to report annually to the congressional small business committees on the effectiveness of such projects; and (5) each entity receiving assistance to report to the SBA on services provided with such assistance. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 through 2007.
Establishes a four-year pilot program under which the SBA is authorized to award Native American development grants to provide culturally-tailored business development training and related services to Native Americans and Native American small businesses. Requires the same number of such grants to be awarded to small business development centers and private, nonprofit organizations providing appropriate assistance to Indian tribes, Native Hawaiians, and Alaska Natives. Provides for: (1) initial disbursement of grant assistance; and (2) provisional approval of applications. Requires each grant recipient to report annually to the SBA on the impact of grant funding. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 through 2006.
Cosponsors 12
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 25, 2002 to Aug 1, 2002; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | Original | Apr 25, 2002 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | Apr 25, 2002 |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Original | Apr 25, 2002 |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Original | Apr 25, 2002 |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Original | Apr 25, 2002 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | Apr 25, 2002 |
| D-MT | Max Baucus | Original | Apr 25, 2002 |
| D-MN | Paul D. Wellstone | Original | Apr 25, 2002 |
| D-SD | Thomas A. Daschle | Original | Apr 25, 2002 |
| R-OR | Gordon H. Smith | May 6, 2002 | |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Akaka | Jun 25, 2002 | |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Aug 1, 2002 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee | Referred Apr 25, 2002Hearings Apr 30, 2002Markup Jul 24, 2002Reported Aug 1, 2002 |
| Senate | Indian Affairs Committee | Hearings Apr 30, 2002 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 1, 2002Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Kerry with amendments. With written report No. 107-236.
- Aug 1, 2002Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 545.
- Jul 24, 2002Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
- Apr 30, 2002Committees on Small Business and Entrepreneurship; Indian Affairs. Joint hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 107-615.
- Apr 25, 2002Introduced in Senate
- Apr 25, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3443-3444)
- Apr 25, 2002Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3444-3447)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3443, S3447Text printed S3444–S3447 | John F. Kerry D-MA, Tim Johnson D-SD (text) | Apr 25, 2002 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Jul 30, 2002S. 2335, Native American Small Business Development Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship on July 24, 2002, with subsequent technical changes provided on July 29, 2002</p>
- Jul 30, 2002S. 2335, Native American Small Business Development ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship on July 24, 2002, with subsequent technical changes provided on July 29, 2002
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 107-710 | MARKUP OF PROCUREMENT, TRAINING AND COUNSELING, DROUGHT RELIEF, AND OTHER SMALL BUSINESS LEGISLATION232 pages | Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee | Jul 24, 2002 |
| S. Hrg. 107-615 | SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES: IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MEETING ITS OBLIGATIONS?235 pages | Indian Affairs Committee · Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee | Apr 30, 2002 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2538 | Native American Small Business Development Act | Related bill | Apr 30, 2002 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to establish the Office of Native American Affairs within the Small Business Administration, to create the Native American Small Business Development Program, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Native American Small Business Development Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Native American Small Business Development Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
- Administrative procedure
- Alaska
- Business education
- Capital formation
- CD-ROMs
- Commerce
- Computer software
- Computers
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Contracts
- Cost accounting
- Counseling
- Department of the Interior
- Distance education
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Entrepreneurs
- Executive reorganization
- Federal aid to Indians
- Federal officials
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Financial statements
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Foreign trade promotion
- Government and business
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government procurement
- Government publicity
- Hawaiians
- Housing and Community Development
- Indian economic development
- Indian lands
- Indigenous peoples
- Job creation
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Marketing
- Minorities
- Minority business enterprises
- Minority employment
- Native Americans
- Nonprofit organizations
- Profit
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Small business
- Small Business Administration
- Social Welfare
- State government-Indian relations
- Teaching materials
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 1, 2002Reported to Senate
- Apr 25, 2002Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
